Patient-Centered Care - Ethics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Medical decision making: paternalism versus patient-centered (autonomous) care.

29 Nov 2008 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Medical literature has increasingly emphasized the need to observe patients' autonomy; however, not all experts agree with this principle. This discord is based on varying credence between the concepts of autonomy and beneficence. ... Read more...

Professional boundaries in a person-centred paradigm.

30 Oct 2008 Since Valuing People (Department of Health, 2001), there has been a marked change in landscape for housing support and service provision for people with a learning disability. Care and supported living options are now provided by a myriad of ... Read more...

Paternalism, participation and partnership - the evolution of patient centeredness in the consultation.

16 Oct 2008 OBJECTIVE: There is much discussion at present on the need for a more patient-centered health service. However, it is not always clear what exactly this means for patients or healthcare providers. Furthermore many current trends in healthcare and ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patient-Centered Care - Ethics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Medical home 2009: what it is, where we were, and where we are today. 30 Aug 2009
• Culture, subjectivity, and the ethics of patient-centered pain care. 30 Dec 2008
• From the editors. 30 Dec 2008
• Medical decision making: paternalism versus patient-centered (autonomous) care. 29 Nov 2008
• The nature of chaplaincy and the goals of QI: patient-centered care as professional responsibility. 30 Oct 2008
• Professional boundaries in a person-centred paradigm. 30 Oct 2008
• Paternalism, participation and partnership - the evolution of patient centeredness in the consultation. 16 Oct 2008
• Evidence-based healthcare, clinical knowledge and the rise of personalised medicine. 29 Sep 2008
• [Aging with mental impairment--nursing concepts for general practice: offering a home with individual nursing care] 29 Sep 2008
• Telesurgery: an ethical appraisal. 29 Sep 2008
• Ethical obligations and concerns when trying to achieve a patient's wishes: ethics consultation. 29 Jun 2008
• When does the 'learning curve' of innovative interventions become questionable practice? 28 Jun 2008
• 'The most important part of our job is the patient, not targets'. 30 May 2008
• Cultural competence in the era of evidence-based practice. 29 Apr 2008
• Are pay-for-performance programs a threat to medical professionalism? 13 Apr 2008
• Are pay-for-performance programs a threat to medical professionalism? 13 Apr 2008
• Are pay-for-performance programs a threat to medical professionalism? 13 Apr 2008
• The problem with autonomy. 30 Mar 2008
• The principle and problem of proximity in ethics. 28 Feb 2008
• Pay-for-performance principles that promote patient-centered care: an ethics manifesto. 2 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Patient-Centered Care'

Definition: Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)

Descriptor UI: D018802

Alternative terms: Patient-Centered Care; Care, Patient-Centered; Patient Centered Care; Patient-Focused Care; Care, Patient-Focused; Patient Focused Care; Nursing, Patient-Centered; Nursing, Patient Centered; Patient-Centered Nursing; Patient Centered Nursing;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; manpower; methods;

Tree Number: N04.590.233.675; N04.590.233.727.407; N04.590.720;

History Note: 95

Technical Notes: institutional & admin management: do not confuse with PATIENT CARE PLANNING involving individual patient